Farm Fun with a Durban Excursion

Friday finally came and i said Sinara! to good ole Joburg! Kate picked me up and we headed off to fetch Ed from work and hit the road. We were just driving along when this odd looking building popped into view so we made a quick exit to check it out.... yup those are emus made out of metal and those are tire chairs not to mention the chickens pecking around while inside it sold jams and jellies, random souvenirs and also had a butchery. The first 200 kilometers were flat and lets just say...borrrring. But don't worry we had Shakira to keep us in the proper south African spirit. And then the landscape started to change... we arrived a little later than amy had anticipated..haha but we made it!! Met amy's mom and dad and made homemade pizza from scratch - bekah you will be proud. We left after dinner to check out the local hangout with AMy's brother and his mates, then came back and crashed. Day 2:

We got up in the morning had coffee and headed off for breakfast at the farmer's market and met Amy's old hockey coach. We got a tour of howick which of course includes Howick Falls. there were some crazy boys trying to rock climb up the rock face....

they maaaaaay be there all day. We continued on to see the area of a thousand hills with little lookout areas here and there... Kate reenacted some bollywood for us haha. Then made a few more stops and kept on until Durban which was about an hour away. Durban....hmmm. Let's say this place is Africa with Indian flare. There is this whooole HUGE indian market with all things indian and i made lots of friends!!

they were mostly from south india which was still fun to chat about.

There was an endless supply of interesting items to see and buy and well try on of course!

Amz - i found our new profile pic...handsdown.

After the market we headed to the beach for our picnic lunch and here's the urban scene from the beach - to the far right is the durban stadium where all the world cup matches were played here..then we challenged some kids to a soccer match - we lost 2 -nil.
THEN we walked about and took pictures and relaxed before heading off to catch a movie. This was also the Durban International Film Festival weekend so we went to see "A woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop" ---- ummm liked it a lot! so funny!
See the Trailer with reviews

after the movie we grabbed dinner - A famous Durban meal - Bunny chow. Its an indian curry inside a bread loaf. you can get chicken or mutton curry and order a quarter/half/or full loaf of bread for it to come in. We headed back to the farm.

In the morning we got a tour of the farm which was breathtaking! We came back and had breakfast then tried out our riding skills....

for the record english saddles are trickier than western saddles. Just sayin. =)
We then went on the Midlands Meander and checked out a lot of fun little shops and then said goodbye to amz and headed off into the sunset back to Joburg.

a wonder-ful day

i'm alive, don't you worry.

THis is me after i found a microphone and talked to mi familia. Made me VERY happy. Last Saturday, my friends, kate and ed, picked me up and took me to their favorite organic market where i saw such new fashions....

why would you want a world cup shirt when you could wear THIS: See below:

This is Joseph.

Notice his sweatshirt....

we were instant friends.

he was our tourguide through the wondercave....it was incredible. ANd he was hilarious.

you can't tell in this picture but there is a pool of water down below

that was so clear it looked like glass. we left afterwards and took a wrong turn "accidentally" and ran into these guys...then we drove to a dam right at sunset... perfect timing it was even better than muir beach overlook .... woah. i know. i just said that.

then we drove some more to Monte Casino where it looked like a little italian town inside and we watched some soccer and then ate a delicious dinner. I even ate snails. I know, right? AND the other day i ate meat off the bone. i did enjoy the snails however not the bones. These are my australian friends, Ed and Kate, who invited me along and drove me all over the place. Thanks guys for such a lovely day!